Games You Can't Win

Mar 17, 2016

0h 8m

★ 0.0

A transgender woman, a sufferer of severe mental illness, and the parents of a child with cancer transform their experiences into intensely personal video games.

Overview

Games You Can’t Win explores “empathy” gaming, a new video game movement in which developers are sharing some of their most intimate or traumatic personal experiences through artful, documentary-style video games. Using a combination of intimate verité footage and video capture from the games, the short film tells the stories of three developer and the personal experiences that inspired their game.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Chicken & Egg Films

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Cast

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Ryan Green

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Amy Green

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Matt Gilgenbach

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Anna Anthropy

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Games You Can't Win

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